UNR donates relief materials to IDPs in Isoko

----as Okowa promised to re-settle all flood victims

A Pan Isoko social media advocacy group, Umeh Need Road Forum (UNR) has donated relief materials to the two internally displaced persons camps (IDPs) in Isoko South and Isoko North Local Government Areas of Delta State. Mr Edafe Ekoko who led members of the advocacy group on behalf of the committee chairman during recently to present the relief materials to the more than 700 affected households, 

explained that the relief materials were part of the social responsibility of the group to ameliorate the sufferings of Internally Displaced Persons across Isoko nation. Ekoko, revealed that the forum had been donating such items to the needy for  the past years while citing the incident of 2012 flood that was massive.

“We have been trying to put smile on the faces of the less privileged people especially those living in IDP camps," he said. Also speaking on the development, one of the chairmen of the internally displaced persons (IDPs), Vincent Oguafor, said that since they have been there, both government and non-governmental organisations have been giving them the assistance of food and health care items.

“So we thank them so much for their kind gesture and we asked that Almighty God gives them more wisdom and power to continue to do more,” he added. Some of the relief materials distributed include: fumigation chemicals for their homes, baby diapers, sanitary pads, note books for the children, drugs for medical cares, tooth brush and paste among others.

Meanwhile the governor of Delta state senator Okowa has reiterated his promise to re-settle all affected flood victims as soon as the flood subside. He appealed to them to be patient as the state government is doing everything possible to ensure that they have a new beginning without rancour.

It would be recalled that the governor and the vice president had visited the IDP camps during the ravaging to commiserate with the flood victims.